C Shivakumar
Chennai:
While private telecom players are betting on 4G, Chennai Telephones Bharat Sanchar Nigam is eyeing to set up Wifi hotspots in the city and has commissioned a survey in 29 areas in the city.
“We completed the survey in four areas. These include Bus stand near Flower Bazaar, a prominent park near Mylapore, government offices near K K Nagar and Vandalur Zoo,” said Chief general manager of Chennai Telephones BSNL S M Kalavathi.
The wifi hotspots would be operational by this month while the remaining 25 areas would be up and running before March end.
These wifi hotspots would cover a radius of 200 metres and the speed would be more than 8 to 10mbps per second. Interestingly, Chennai Telephones has planned to have the wifi hot spots in and around the city after the success of having it installed in Mahabalipuram.
Currently, the public sector unit is targeting the areas where the public movement is more.
“We had a good feedback from Mahabalipuram and thought of replicating it in the city,” said Kalavathi. She also said from next financial year, BSNL would be setting up wifi hot-spots in malls, coffee shops and places where the public movement is more.
To a query on the total investment in setting up wi- fi hotspots, Kalavathi refused to provide any details. “We have tied up with QuadGen Wireless Solutions for setting up and operate Wi- Fi hot spots at public places . We will be sharing revenue with them,” she added.
Meanwhile, those who had been blaming BSNL of poor 3G connectivity have something to cheer for as state telecom major is setting up nearly 350 towers to boost 3G connection. “Till now we have completed the work in 15 towers. Some of the areas include Wall Tax Road, Pattalam, and Kellys,” said Kalavathi.
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